Railway-car step.



RMLWAY CAR STEP.

APPLICATION HLED HOY- 3, i916.

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GEORGEBYRON AND CLAU'D sKI'PwrrH, 0F WILLIAMS, ARIZONA.

Y i' z/ RAILWAY-can STEP.

Be itknown that we, GEORGE BYRON and 1 CLAUD S-iiirwrrn, citizens ofthe United States. residingjat lVilliams, in the county of Uo'co'nino and State ofArizo'na, have in- -vented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Car Steps, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to railway rolling' stock andhas particular refeience to car steps, the -device..havingfor itsprimary object the provisi'onot'l a novel and improved type of extensible car step for application to the "standard step of railway carsto assist passengers in boarding and leaving a car.

Another object of our invention is to provide an extension' section for application to the standard railway car stepV without materially altering thestructure of the 'same so'as tov obv'iatethe use of the stool now usually employed.

Our invention also contemplates the pro# in'g the extension step section so that `when not in use'a full clearance is allowed for'the car, no projecting parts being present which might strike objects adjacent a railway I track.

yirived fromthefuse pf our improved exten sible railway car step will appear from the Still further 'object of our invention is to provide a step section of the class de- I ,scribed which is'` simple jin construction, strong and durable, is capable of universal application and maybe quickly and easily installed.` Other objects andv advantagest'o be dei, followingdetailed description and,` the fragmental end view of the same.

claims, taken [with an inspection of the ac- -companying drawing, in which:

'Figure 1V is a lfraginental side elevational view of one end of a railway carshowing an extensionv step embodying Y the improvements of our invention; and Fig. 2 is a Referring more particularly to the drawi'ng, wherein similar characters of reference designate' like and corresponding parts throughout the .various views, 10, designates the side portion of a railway car having a 4platform 11 extending from the end thereof.

Our improved step .is to be applied to the 'standard car step, one arrangement of the standard step being shown.

The xed step section i Specification of 'Letters Patent.

vision of novel means for raising and 'lowerl s designated S land Patented Jaz-ii. 2, 1917.

Application vfiledNovember 3, 1916. Serial No. 129,356.

consists of a pluralit)v of steps 1 2 supported by the side portimis 13 and 14 connected at l5 to the platform ll of the car.. The extensible step sect-ion of our invention is designated S and consists ofa plu'- .ral'ity vofstepslcarried by side portions 17 and'llSllTheide portions v17 and 18 are pivotally mounted as at 1S) on the i'nnerfaces of the side members 13 andv 14, respectively,

.so that said section S may be folded upwardly'into the section S as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.I 2. f We provide means'for raising and lowering the step` section S from the-platforml of thevcar, said ineansiii'icliiding .a link 20, the

upper end of which -is laterally bent as at 21 and pivotally connected at 22 to one ofthe hinge members 19. The lower end of the link 2O is pii'otally connected atuQS'to a -bracket 24 carried-by the side portion 17 of the step section S. A manipulating rodv25 is provided, said rod being vformed with an enlarged lower end bent laterally andpi'votf. ally connected'at` 26 to tlieintermediate portion of the link 20. The rod 25 passes through the platform 11 and is formed with easily applied toany of the existing standardy types of carlstcps without materially altering'the structflure of the same. Y, f

From the above" description taken in connection with theaccomp'anying drawing, it'

is thought that a clear and A comprehensive Ythat the'device. of 'our invention may be understanding of the construction, operation and advantages ofour. invention may be had,

and While we have shown and describedthe device as embodying a specic structure, we

ldesire vthat it 'be understood lthat such changesmay be 'madein said structure as do not' depart 'fromfthe spirit'and scope of the invention as claimed.' y

Having thus vfully described our invention, what we claim as -new and desire to secure vby Letters Patent, is

1. In a device ofthe character described.

fthe 'combination' irith ifixed step section, of a'movablestep section hingedl'y connected to the bottom'of first Said section and receivable Within ,the same when not in use, :1- lnk fixedly connected to said vmovable step'v 'section and pivotelly connected to the first said section, Andv nn'operating rod extending ,e to the top of first said step section and pivot- 'l 'ally connected vwith the intermediate portion of said-link tol-aise and lowersecond said step sectlon.

2; A dev1ce as spec1fied,inc1nding the combnation wthta fixed step section, of a movable step section p ivotally connected tothe lower end of first said Section anni receivable wlthin the sume when not 1n use, a hnk pnl oth-11)' connected vwith first Suid' Section und tixedly connected with second Saud Section,` und an opergltlng rod shdnblealong first sand 'section and pirotnlly connected 'with the intermediate*portion of said link to raise. und

lower LSecond smid step section -to brin-,1 the .GEORGE BYRON.

CLAUD SKIrWrrH. 

